Chapter 1 and 2 Colonial America Quiz

1. The ideals that the colonists cherished as synonymous with American life included reverence for all of
the following except
a. Individual liberty
b. Self-government
c. Opposition to slavery
d. Religious tolerance
e. Economic opportunity
2. By the 1770s, which of the following issues helped bring about a crisis of imperial authority?
a. Trade restrictions
b. Slavery
c. Few colonists clung to any hope of accommodation with Great Britain
d. The coronation of a new king
e. The rise to power of radical patriots in the American colonies
3. Most likely the first American were
a. Vikings from Scandinavia
b. Spanish explorers of the 15th century
c. People who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to North America
d. Portuguese sailors from Prince Henry the Navigator
e. Refugees from Africa
4. All of the following are true of the Inca, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations except
a. They had advanced agricultural practices based primarily on the cultivation of maize
b. They lacked the technology of the wheel
c. They had the use of large draft animals such as the horse and oxen
d. They built elaborate cities and carried on far-flung commerce
e. They had talented mathematicians, which allowed them to make accurate astronomical observations
5. One of the main factors that enabled Europeans to conquer native North Americans with relative ease
was
a. The pacifistic nature of the native North Americans
b. The settled agricultural societies of North America
c. The absence of dense concentrations of population or complex nation-states in North America
d. The use of native guides
e. All of the above
6. The develop of three sister farming on the southeast Atlantic seaboard
a. Led to the dominance of the potato
b. Enabled the Anasazis to prosper
c. Ultimately failed to produce adequate amounts of food
d. Was attributed to three young women of the Cherokee peoples
e. Produced a rich diet that led to high population densities
7. The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and European neighbors because of
a. Its military alliance, sustained by political and organizational skills
b. The Iroquois warriors skill with the Europeans muskets
c. The scattered nature of the Iroquois settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat
them
d. The alliance with the Aztecs and Incas
e. Its use of new weapons

8. The Christian crusaders were indirectly responsible for the discovery of American because they
a. Were victorious over the Muslims
b. Brought back news of valuable Far Eastern spices, drugs, and silk
c. Succeeded in establishing improved business relations between Muslims and Christians
d. Returned with captured Muslim maps showing the North and South American continents
e. Developed better navigational devices
9. Before the middle of the 15th century, sub-Saharan Africa had remained remote and mysterious to
Europeans because
a. There was little of value there for them
b. Sea travel down the African coast had been virtually impossible
c. Islamic societies prevented Europe from making inroads there
d. They did not know that it existed
e. They feared the people who lived there
10. In the last half of the 15th century some forty thousand Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and
Spain to
a. Work on plantations in Africa
b. Establish plantations in North America
c. Establish plantations in South America
d. Help pay for the gold they took
e. Work on plantations on the Atlantic sugar islands
11. Spain was united into a single nation when
a. It was invaded by Portugal in the late 15th century
b. Christopher Columbus returned with news of his discovery of the New World
c. Prince Henry the Navigator came to the throne
d. The African Moors were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula
e. Ferdinand and Isabella were overthrown
12. All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system
except
a. Europe providing the market and capital
b. African providing the labor
c. The belief of European explorers to create new cultures
d. New World providing its raw materials
e. The advancement and improvement of technology
13. The introduction of American plants around the world resulted in
a. Rapid population growth in Europe
b. Many illnesses, caused by the new germs contained in these food-stuffs
c. An African population decline
d. Very little change
e. An increase in obese people
14. European explorers introduced ____________________ into the New World.
A. Syphilis
B. Maize
C. Tobacco
D. Smallpox
E. Pumpkin
15. The flood of precious metal from the New World to Europe resulted in
a. A price revolution that lowered consumer costs
b. The growth of capitalism
c. A reduced amount of trade with Asia
d. More money for France and Spain but less for Italy and Holland
e. Little impact on the world economy

16. The institution of encomienda allowed the

a. Native people to enslave members of other tribes
b. Europeans to marry Native Americans
c. European governments to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them
d. Governments of Europe to abolish the practice of Indians slavery
e. Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism
17. Men became conquistadores because they wanted to
a. Gain Gods favor by spreading Christianity
b. Escape dubious pasts
c. Seek adventure, as the heroes of classical antiquity had done
d. Satisfy their desire for gold
e. All of the above
18. The Aztec chief Montezuma allowed Cortes to enter the capital of Tenochtitlan because
a. Cortess army was so powerful
b. Montezuma believed that Cortes was the god Quetzalcoatl
c. There was little in the city of interest to the Spanish
d. He was told to by the gods
e. All of the above
19. In which of the following is the explorer mismatched with the area he explored?
a. Coronado New Mexico and Arizona
b. Ponce de Leon Mississippi River Valley
c. Cortes Mexico
d. Pizarro Peru
e. Columbus Caribbean islands
20. Spain began to fortify and settle its North American border lands in order to
a. Protect its Central and South American domains from encroachments by England and France
b. Gain control of Canada
c. Gain more slaves
d. Find a passage to the Pacific Ocean
e. Look for gold in Florida
21. The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most important for the future of the United
States was
a. Santa Fe
b. Quebec
c. Jamestown
d. Massachusetts Bay
e. Saint Augustine
22. The English treatment of the Irish, under the reign of Elizabeth I, can best be described as
a. Firm but fair
b. Better than their treatment of any English subjects
c. The prime example of salutary neglect
d. Violent and unjust
e. Supportive of their Catholic faith

23. Match each individual on the left with the correct description:
A. Francis Drake
B. Walter Raleigh
C. Humphrey Gilbert

1. sea dog who plundered the treasure ships

of the Spanish Main
2. Adventurer who tried but failed to establish
a colony in Newfoundland
3. Explorer whose voyage in 1498 established
Englands territorial claims in the New
World
4. Courtier whose colony at Roanoke Island
was mysteriously abandoned in the 1580s
5. Colonizer who helped establish tobacco as
a cash crop in Georgia

a. A-2, B-1, C-3

b. A-1, B-4, C-2
c. A-3, B-2, C-1
d. A-4, B-3, C-2
e. A-5, B-4, C-1
24. Spains dreams of empire began to fade with the
a. War of Spanish Succession
b. Defeat of the Spanish armada
c. Loss of Brazil
d. Treaty of Tordesillas
e. Conquest of Mexico by Portugal
25. On the eve of its colonizing adventure, England possessed
A. A unified national state
B. A measure of religious unity
C. A sense of nationalism
D. A popular monarch
E. All of the above
26. The financial means for Englands first permanent colonization in America were provided by
a. A joint stock company
b. A royal proprietor
c. Queen Elizabeth II
d. The law of primogeniture
e. An expanding wool trade
27. All of the following provided motives for English colonization except
a. Unemployment
b. Thirst for adventure
c. Desire for markets
d. Desire for religious freedom
e. Need for a place to exploit slave labor
28. That guarantee that English settlers in the New World would retain the rights of Englishmen proved to
be
a. An empty promise
b. Unpopular among the settlers
c. The cause of revolutions in Spain and France
d. The foundation for American liberties
e. A catalyst for French colonization of North America

29. The early years of Jamestown were mainly characterized by

a. Starvation, disease, and frequent Indian raids
b. Economic prosperity
c. Constant fear of Spanish invasion
d. Major technological advancement
e. Peace with the Native Americans
30. Captain John Smiths role at Jamestown can best be described as
a. Very limited
b. Saving the colony from collapse
c. Persuading the colonists to continue their hunt for gold
d. Worsening the colonists relationship with the Indians
e. Reducing the terrible death toll
31. When Lord De La Warr took control of Jamestown in 1610, he
a. Halted the rapid population decline
b. Re-established better relations with the Indians
c. Brought many Irish immigrants with him
d. Died within a few months of his arrival
e. Imposed a harsh military regime on the colony
32. The native peoples of Virginia (Powhatans) succumbed to the Europeans because they
a. Died in large numbers from European diseases
b. Lacked the unity necessary to resist the well-organized whites
c. Could be disposed of by Europeans with no harm to the colonial economy
d. Were not a reliable labor source
e. All of the above
33. The introduction of horses brought about significant change in the lives of Lakotas, from this they
a. Were forced to move to the west
b. Became sedentary forest dwellers
c. Died out
d. Lost their oral traditions
e. Became nomadic hunters
34. The biggest disrupter of Native American life was
a. Horses
b. Loss of culture
c. Disease
d. Fire arms
e. The formation of new tribes
35. The Indians that had the greatest opportunity to adapt to the European incursion were
a. Those living on the Atlantic seaboard
b. Those in Florida
c. Inland tribes such as the Algonquians
d. Those in Latin America
e. The Peublos
36. After the purchase of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers, additional purchases of Africans were few
because
a. They were poor workers
b. Many colonists were morally opposed to slavery
c. Their labor was not needed
d. Indentured servants refused to work with them
e. They were too costly

37. The summoning of Virginias House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it
a. Failed
b. Was abolished by King James I
c. Was the first of many miniature parliaments to convene in America
d. Forced King James I to revoke the colonys royal charter and grant it self-government
e. Allowed the seating of nonvoting Native Americans
38. A major reason for the founding of the Maryland colony in 1634 was to
a. Establish a defensive bugger against Spanish colonies in the South
b. Create a refuge for Catholics
c. Help the Protestants, by giving them a safe haven
d. Allow Lord Baltimore to keep all the land for himself
e. Repudiate the feudal way of life
39. At the outset, Lord Baltimore allowed some religious toleration in the Maryland colony because he
a. Hoped to secure freedom of worship for his fellow Catholics
b. Was a committed atheist
c. Wanted the colonys Jews to be able to practice their faith
d. Hoped to maintain a Catholic majority
e. Was asked to do so by the king
40. Tobacco was considered a poor mans crop because
a. It could be produced easily and quickly
b. It was smoked by the lower class
c. The poor were used to plant and harvest it
d. It could be purchased at a low price
e. It required complicated processing

ANSWER KEY FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE

Chapter 1 and 2 Formative Quiz (Colonial America)

1
C
11 D
21 C
31 E

2 A
12 C
22 D
32 E

3
13
23
33

C
A
B
E

4
14
24
34

C
D
B
C

5
15
25
35

C
B
E
C

6
16
26
36

E
C
A
E

7
17
27
37

A
E
E
C

8
18
28
38

B
B
D
B

9
19
29
39

B
B
A
A

10
20
30
40

E
A
B
A